Douglas Lind Rokke enlisted in the US Air Force and served as an Avionics Technician with B-52 bombers in Vietnam. He was discharged in 1971, briefly attempted to become a Marine Officer and then joined the Illinois Army National Guard in 1980. In 1986, Rokke was direct commissioned a Second Lieutenant in the Army Reserve Medical Service Corps. First Lieutenant Rokke was ordered to active duty for Desert Shield/Desert Storm and was made a temporary Theater Health Physicist at the end of March 1991. He left Saudi Arabia on June 8th and was released from active duty on July 1, 1991. He later served 15 months at the Army Chemical Corps School as a Captain. This record ends in 1998. Rokke is believed to have been promoted to Major in 2000 or 2001. Major Rokke was then involuntarily transferred to the retired reserve in September 2003. Having now attained the age of 60, Major Rokke, US Army Reserve, is now receiving reserve retired pay.

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